Category: Lessons

From Greatest Apostate to Greatest Reformer

• Lesson 12 for the week of September 14 to September 21

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 2 Kings 21:1-23:30; 2 Chronicles 33:1-35:27 MEMORY TEXT: “Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter,...

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Frightened, Foolish, Faithful Hezekiah

• Lesson 11 for the week of September 7 to September 14

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chronicles 29-32; Isaiah 36-39 MEMORY TEXT: “The LORD will save me, and we will sing to stringed instruments all the days of our lives, at the house of...

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The Long Slide, the Pricipice, the Fall

• Lesson 10 for the week of August 31 to September 7

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 2 Kings 14-17; 2 Chronicles 25-28 MEMORY TEXT: “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people” Prov. 14:34 EVEN AS JUDGMENT APPROACHES, THE LORD KEEPS PLEADING WITH HIS...

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Three Served, Two Failed

• Lesson 9 for the week of August 24 to August 31

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 2 Kings 6-13; 2 Chronicles 21-24 MEMORY TEXT: “The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked...

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The Power of the Prophet and the People

• Lesson 8 for the week of August 17 to August 24

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 2 Kings 2-5 MEMORY TEXT: “And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, `Where is the LORD God of Elijah?'” 2 Kings 3:14...

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Prophets You Can Trust

• Lesson 7 for the week of August 10 to August 17

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 1 Kings 22; 2 Kings 1; 2 Chron. 17-21 MEMORY TEXT: “Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper” (2 Chron. 20:20)....

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Two Men, Two Mountains, and a Great God

• Lesson 6 for the week of August 3 to August 10

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 1 Kings 16:8-21:29 MEMORY TEXT: “I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy...

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The Lord’s Rebellion: Jeroboam and Rehoboam

• Lesson 5 for the week of July 27 to August 3

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 1 Kings 12:1-16:7; 2 Chronicles 10-16 MEMORY TEXT: “Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel” (Jeremiah 18:6). WOUNDING IN ORDER...

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A Wise and Foolish King

• Lesson 4 for the week of July 20 to July 27

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 1 Kings 3:1-11:43; 2 Chr. 1:1-9:31 MEMORY TEXT: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding” (Proverbs 9:10). WISDOM, FOOLISHNESS, AND SIN....

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The Changing of the Guard

• Lesson 3 for the week of July 13 to July 20

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 1 Kings 1:1-2:46, 1 Chronicles 22:2-29:30 MEMORY TEXT: “Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the...

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Struggling Back Toward God’s Ideal

• Lesson 2 for the week of July 6 to July 13

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 1 Chronicles 18:1-22:1 MEMORY TEXT: “I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall...

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The House of the Great King

• Lesson 1 for the week of June 29 to July 6

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 1 Chronicles 1:1 – 17:27 MEMORY TEXT: “Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty...

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Introduction

• Introduction

Introduction to the History of Israel’s Monarchy KINGS AND CHRONICLES Our lessons this quarter take us into the lively history of Israel’s kings. Scripture tells the story twice, once in Samuel-Kings and once in Chronicles....

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Preparing for the Apocalyptic Consummation

• Lesson 13 for the week of June 22 to June 29

Relevant Biblical Passages: Genesis-Revelation Preparation for a hard driving people. Given our free-will orientation, Adventists tend to be an active, energetic lot. Indeed, we sometimes give the impression that finishing God’s work is entirely up...

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